Places Edited by halkoss

The world’s largest street art museum.

On a hill in Regent sits the oldest stone church in Sierra Leone.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

An unexpected treasure trove of military oddities, Turkish interior design, and North Korean art.

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

Remains of a massive World War II blimp base, now home to a railroad museum.

The history of West London’s water supply.

An underground museum of monks, bones, and medieval ruins.

This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.

This temple, in the oldest area of Pune, may date back to the second century.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Ancient cave temple near a massive Buddha statue.